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…Sad over epileptic power supply, poor remuneration for workers Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship, Most Reverend Paulinus Ezeokafor, has scored Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State high on the areas of quality road infrastructure, recruitment of teachers, health workers, medical personnel and digitalisation of schools and hospitals. The Bishop rated the governor while delivering his goodwill message to the Governor at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Awka, Anambra State capital. Recall that Governor Soludo marks his two years in office after he was sworn in on March 17, 2022. Bishop Ezeokafor who expressed that he (Soludo)…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Labour Party (LP) Enugu State chapter is currently in turmoil following plans by seven members of the House of Assembly elected on the platform of the party to dump the party. Although it is still unclear what prompted the LP lawmakers to ditch the party, Ikengaonline understands that the members are planning to defect to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sources said that the defection party has been slated to take place inside Enugu State Government house at a later date. It was gathered that one of the defectors, Honorable Osita Eze, representing Oji River…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti, has visited the scene of Chisco Transport bus terminal Aba which was gutted by fire on Wednesday night. The fire incident is coming less than one week after the Timber section of Ehere market Aba, was also gutted by fire. Otti who sympathised with the Management of the top transport company, expressed dissatisfaction over the congestion of motor parks around the Milverton Avenue. He, therefore, said that all the motor parks at the area would be relocated to a more convenient location for the good of all. Although no life was lost in the…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has sought the synergy and collaboration of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, on checking substandard products within the South-East especially Enugu State. The Enugu State Coordinator of SON, Engr. Peter Ameh, said this on Friday during a courtesy visit to Brig.-Gen. Murtala Abu, Commander of 82 Division Garrison at the Division’s Headquarters, Abakpa Cantonment in Enugu. Ameh said that SON wanted more collaboration in terms of intelligence sharing, surveillance and enforcement drives useful to the organisation especially on state border operations and SON’s general security support in Enugu…

By Chimezie Okwuonu World Kidney Day celebrated on March 14 every year, is a day set aside by the World Health Organisation to create awareness of kidney disease and its prevention. This year, the theme is, “Kidney Health for All, Advancing Equitable Access to Care and Optimal Medication Practice.” This year’s theme aims to raise awareness of the inequalities in kidney disease treatment and encourage collaborative efforts to improve access to appropriate treatment for everyone affected by kidney disease. One out of every 10 adults in Nigeria is at the risk of developing kidney disease. It is one of the…

By Nnamdi Elekwachi Currently, the Nigerian Tenth Senate is facing a nationwide opprobrium following an interview Senator Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central) granted with the BBC (Hausa Service) alleging that there had been some infraction in the implementation of the 2024 appropriation. The Nigerian social media and news spaces, last week, were agog with Ningi’s interview wherein the embattled lawmaker claimed that the National Assembly passed a budget of ₦25tn while President Tinubu is implementing a budget of ₦28.7tn, which is in excess of the one passed by the lawmakers to the tune of ₦3.7tn. The meaning is that presently in…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  An NGO, Hayche Multi Service Solution, has trained male members of faith-based youths’ organisations on triggers and prevention of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in homes and communities. The five-day training, which is a train-the-trainer workshop was organised by Hayche Multi Service Solution working with Christian Youths’ Organisations to put an end to GBV in homes, groups, communities and Churches. The workshop was themed: “Training of Programme Facilitators for the (+M) Positive Masculinity Programme to End GBV.” The Christian youths, which are drawn from the South-East and North Central, are from Anambra and Enugu States (South-East) as well…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A 2-day investigative journalism training on ‘Strengthening Public Accountability for Results and Knowledge’ (SPARK 2) project has ended with a call for journalists to embrace evidence-based reporting to enthrone accountability in the country. The training which focused on Health and Agricultural interventions was organised by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) in partnership with International Budget Partnership (IBP) for 20 journalists drawn from five states across the country. Addressing the participants, ICIR Executive Director, Dayo Aiyetan, urged media practitioners to embrace data and evidence for credible and balanced reportage. The ICIR boss who described the participants…

Agency Report The Chief Imam, Falomo Lagos Central Mosque, Dr Tajudeen Adebayo, said the public should respect the sensibility of the fasting Muslim faithful by avoiding eating in their presence. Adebayo said that eating in public during the hours of fasting debases the sensibility of those fasting and could discourage people from the self-denial ritual. The Cleric spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday, against the backdrop of some Muslims that were caught eating when they should be fasting. NAN reports that Hisbah, the Islamic Police, on Wednesday in Kano arrested 10 men and a…

By Azu Ishiekwene   The journey to Kuriga in southern Kaduna, North-west Nigeria, did not start with the kidnap of 287 students last week. In the early 1990s a neighbouring town, Zango Kataf, was the boiling point.    About a decade later, the beast of sectarian violence, which had reared its head in Kaduna, surfaced several hundreds of miles away in two major places that have become the epicentres of insurgency: Borno and Yobe States, both in the North-East.   Even though misery travelled southwards aided by Mohammed Yusuf, the itinerant extremist Muslim preacher in Yobe whose activities heightened the…